Lynne Edwards and Katy Stevens, Co-Editors of Watcher Junior: TheUndergraduate Journal of Buffy Studies, are pleased to announce that thefirst issue of Watcher Junior is now online at www.watcherjunior.tv.

Watcher Junior provides a forum for showcasing excellence inundergraduateBuffy scholarship. As colleges and universities continue to introduceand tosupport courses in film and media studies in general, and BuffyStudies inparticular, there continues to be a growing body of Buffy scholarshipat theundergraduate and graduate levels of study. Slayage: The OnlineInternational Journal of Buffy Studies (www.slayage.tv) provides animportant forum for publishing graduate and professional scholarship inBuffy Studies; as a fully refereed journal, Watcher Junior iscommitted todoing the same for undergraduate work.

This exciting first issue features essays exploring the unique narrativeconventions of Buffy, the relationship between the series and its fancommunity, and the philosophical and psychoanalytical foundations ofmajorBuffy characters.

*Call for Submissions*

We hope you and your students enjoy Watcher Junior and we encourageyou tosubmit your work for our next issue. Please see our Call for Papers atwww.watcherjunior.tv. We welcome completed essays and researchpapers onany aspect of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, or both programs. Allpapersshould exhibit familiarity with previously published scholarship inBuffyStudies. Completed essays and research papers will bereviewed by two members of the board. Essays that do not receiveapprovalfor publication will be returned with feedback for re-submission.

Submit your work electronically as an e-mail attachment in MicrosoftWord(.doc) or in Rich Text Format (.rtf). Refer to the Watcher Juniorstyle guidebefore submitting (http://www.watcherjunior.tv/submit.php). Send thesubmissionsimultaneously to Lynne Edwards at edwards_at_slayage.tv and Katy Stevensat stevens_at_slayage.tv.

To be eligible for consideration for issue two, submissions must bereceivedby the editors by *1 November 2005*.